Talk:World Archives Project: Tax & Rent Records Perth, Scotland

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My plan for these is two sections, Left with year 1650, right with 1835.
So far so good. Problem is not all pages are thus labeled, making an
interesting problem. The Book cover isn't labeled with a year either. Is
there a way to let your Processing people know about this reel, so the
years are faithfully recorded where they should go?

Since there's a near guarantee that since the arbitrators will have not
have seen this context they will undo my pretty sectioning. Leaving the
result less useful.

A: Subject
Perth tax and rent - interesting book -roll 964269

Discussion Thread
Response (Daniel) 12/30/2010 02:37 PM
Paul,

You can either try to key the set as you are doing. Or you can cancel the set with the explanation that it may be different information for our developers to look at.

Questions and Answers

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Q: I see quite a few crossed out records. Should I key the records or skip to the next record?A: Enter what you can of the crossed out record.

How to Key in Tenant Information

Hello. Please advise how I should key in Tenant information that states "Edward Smith formerly John Armstrong". It seems that Edward Smith is the current tenant and John Armstrong was the previous tenant. Do I key in two separate lines? Thank you.

A: Yes, that would be two separate lines. However, on the older records, you will rarely see tenants. It will usually be all proprietors. If there is a tenant, You will see one of several key phrases: "occupied by," "let to," "tenented by", "liferenter", "leased to." These will usually be in the fine print. --Paulmd199 16:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Sample Keyings

Some sample keyings

Old form, c 1819, distinguishing proprietors from lands requires a bit of guesswork. Part of the reason for "advanced" difficulty.

Old form, c 1819, proprietor may be off to the right

Old form, c 1819, proprietors may be buried in the fine print

Old form, c 1819, Some people not to enter, recipients of tithes and feu duties.

Old form, c 1819, Tenants, when present may be identified by one of several key words. "Tenanted by," "Let to", "occupied by," "liferented" and similar language. Proprietors may be specifically be identified by the phrase "belonging to" Caution: the phrase may also be used in the form LandA belonging to LandB, in which case it would be omitted. Without a specific identifier, it is assumed that persons are proprietors.